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£6 million to improve air quality in local communities

£6 million to improve air quality in local communities

04 August 2023 - 16:40 Press Release

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

New round of Air Quality Grants for local authorities opens to benefit communities and reduce the impact of polluted air...

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Rising Star Awards 2023 - nominees

Rising Star Awards 2023 - nominees

04 August 2023 - 15:58 News Story

Government Actuary's Department

GAD has been nominated in 2 categories in an industry competition....

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Bournemouth director sentenced for supplying illegal security

Bournemouth director sentenced for supplying illegal security

04 August 2023 - 14:51 Press Release

Security Industry Authority

On Thursday 29 June 2023, a Bournemouth company director, and his business were prosecuted at Poole Magistrates' Court f...

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HMRC late payment interest rates to be revised after Bank of England increases base rate

HMRC late payment interest rates to be revised after Bank of England increases base rate

04 August 2023 - 14:44 News Story

HM Revenue & Customs

HMRC interest rates for late payments will increase following the Bank of England interest rate rise to 5.25%....

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New Independent Members appointed to the ACOBA

New Independent Members appointed to the ACOBA

04 August 2023 - 14:37 Press Release

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

New Independent Members appointed to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments...

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OISC launches online portal

OISC launches online portal

04 August 2023 - 14:31 News Story

Closed organisation: Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner

The portal will become a 'one-stop shop' to serve a variety of your needs...

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Apply for additional quota now!

Apply for additional quota now!

04 August 2023 - 10:34 News Story

Marine Management Organisation

Marine Management Organisation is urging fishers who are not in a Producer Organisation to check out an opportunity to b...

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British Armed Forces take part in largest military exercise between UK, Australia, and US

British Armed Forces take part in largest military exercise between UK, Australia, and US

04 August 2023 - 10:24 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

The deployment demonstrates the UK’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific and working with partners in the region....

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Inquiry launched into heart disease charity

Inquiry launched into heart disease charity

04 August 2023 - 09:26 Press Release

The Charity Commission

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into the Have A Heart Foundation....

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Appointment of Residentiary Canonry of the Cathedral Church of Christ Oxford: 4 August 2023

Appointment of Residentiary Canonry of the Cathedral Church of Christ Oxford: 4 August 2023

04 August 2023 - 09:00 Press Release

Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street

The King has approved The Reverend Canon Peter Moger, Priest in Charge of St Peter, Stornoway and St Moluag, Eoropaidh, ...

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Government welcomes report on electricity networks as critical to Britain’s energy security

Government welcomes report on electricity networks as critical to Britain’s energy security

04 August 2023 - 08:00 Press Release

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps welcomes report from Nick Winser, the UK's Electricity Networks Commissioner, and...

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Watchdog reports on investigation into Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain

Watchdog reports on investigation into Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain

04 August 2023 - 07:13 Press Release

The Charity Commission

The Charity Commission has today published a report of its inquiry into Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Britain. ...

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Government boosts use of independent sector capacity to cut NHS waits

Government boosts use of independent sector capacity to cut NHS waits

03 August 2023 - 23:15 Press Release

Department of Health and Social Care

Thirteen new community diagnostic centres are opening across the country to deliver more than 742,000 additional scans, ...

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Major boost for young people with plans to transform youth centres

Major boost for young people with plans to transform youth centres

03 August 2023 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

New youth centres will be built and old ones refurbished to give young people better access to positive out-of-school ac...

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Hundreds of thousands of heat network customers to benefit from fairer energy prices

Hundreds of thousands of heat network customers to benefit from fairer energy prices

03 August 2023 - 23:01 Press Release

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

New plans for heat network customers to receive fairer prices for cleaner heating. ...

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“Russia’s gestures are inadequate. The Black Sea should be open.”: UK statement at the Security Council

“Russia’s gestures are inadequate. The Black Sea should be open.”: UK statement at the Security Council

03 August 2023 - 16:52 Speech

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on famine....

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RAF completes NATO air policing mission in the Baltic after intercepting 50 Russian aircraft

RAF completes NATO air policing mission in the Baltic after intercepting 50 Russian aircraft

03 August 2023 - 16:00 Press Release

Ministry of Defence

The UK has been leading NATO’s air policing mission in Estonia for the last four months, demonstrating the UK's commitme...

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New Director General  appointed to the Government Legal Department

New Director General appointed to the Government Legal Department

03 August 2023 - 15:28 News Story

Government Legal Department

Sarah Goom has been appointed Director General of the Commercial with Trade and International Directorate. ...

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Groundbreaking flights at Sellafield lead the way in safety

Groundbreaking flights at Sellafield lead the way in safety

03 August 2023 - 12:28 News Story

Sellafield Ltd

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle flights are successfully flown on the Sellafield site. ...

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UKIFS Chair and Interim UKAEA Chair Appointed

UKIFS Chair and Interim UKAEA Chair Appointed

03 August 2023 - 12:17 Press Release

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Minister for fusion energy appoints the inaugural Chair of UK Industrial Fusion Solutions. ...

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UK appoints new HM Trade Commissioner to lead UK-MEaP trade and investment relationship

UK appoints new HM Trade Commissioner to lead UK-MEaP trade and investment relationship

03 August 2023 - 11:57 News Story

Department for Business and Trade

Oliver Christian has today been appointed as His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner to the Middle East and Pakistan and His Ma...

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Every criminal court now connected to single data system for the first time

Every criminal court now connected to single data system for the first time

03 August 2023 - 11:42 News Story

Ministry of Justice

All information on new criminal court cases in England and Wales now sits on a single digital platform as the government...

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Civil news: Phase 1 Means Test Review civil legal aid changes

Civil news: Phase 1 Means Test Review civil legal aid changes

03 August 2023 - 10:28 News Story

Legal Aid Agency

Removal of the means test for certain civil cases under the first phase of legislative changes, and other financial elig...

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Crime news: Phase 1 Means Test Review criminal legal aid changes

Crime news: Phase 1 Means Test Review criminal legal aid changes

03 August 2023 - 10:28 News Story

Legal Aid Agency

Removal of financial eligibility tests for under 18s....

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Change of British High Commissioner to Seychelles: Jeffrey Glekin

Change of British High Commissioner to Seychelles: Jeffrey Glekin

03 August 2023 - 09:57 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mr Jeffrey Frank Glekin has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Seychelles....

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UK’s £38 million aid making a difference in Nigeria – Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

UK’s £38 million aid making a difference in Nigeria – Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

03 August 2023 - 09:51 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced that over £38 million of UK humanitarian assistance has saved lives of confli...

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UK government launches climate programme in Nigeria to reach 4 million people

UK government launches climate programme in Nigeria to reach 4 million people

03 August 2023 - 09:24 Press Release

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced a £55 million Propcom+ contract and £2.89 million grant, which aims to suppor...

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Non-domestic rating: challenges and changes dummy statistical release

Non-domestic rating: challenges and changes dummy statistical release

03 August 2023 - 08:48 News Story

Valuation Office Agency

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has changed the way it presents statistics for the 2023 non-domestic rating lists....

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Next steps for managing England’s newly designated Highly Protected Marine Areas

Next steps for managing England’s newly designated Highly Protected Marine Areas

03 August 2023 - 08:13 Press Release

Marine Management Organisation

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is proposing management measures to protect the first three Highly Protected Ma...

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Greater support and better outcomes for victims of sexual violence

Greater support and better outcomes for victims of sexual violence

03 August 2023 - 08:00 Press Release

Ministry of Justice

Victims of rape and sexual violence will be better supported following a £26 million investment in specialist services a...

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